File:MAS-PE 1954 MiNr0034 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Penang (British Malaya); 1954; definitive stamp of the issue "Coconut issue"; stamp drawing with a cameo side portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with view to left flanked by two coconut palms; drawing in ornamented frame; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 34; Yvert et Tellier: No. 29; Scott: No. 34
Color: dark purple to brownish lilac
Watermark: Penang No. 1 (multiple St.Edwards crown over charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 10 C (Cents)
Postage validity: from 1 September 1954 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.5 x 22.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of British Malaya
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This work is in the public domain in Malaysia because either its term of copyright has expired, or the work is legally exempted from copyright.

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Picture description Cameo side portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in oval with view to left flanked by two coconut palms
First day of issue

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Publisher Postal administration of British Malaya
Design Leonard Vincent Phillips (1876-1954) (engraver)
Printer "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company", New Malden (probably as outsourced production from De La Rue)
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 17½ : 18
MICHEL Nr. Malaysia (Penang), Nr. 34
SCOTT Nr. Malaysia (Penang), No. 34

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